Dear Baby Boy

Dear Baby Boy,

Last night, March 29, 2013, your Daddy was finally able to feel you kick me.  I have been feeling your kicks for three to four weeks now, and I have been wanting you to kick hard enough for Dad to feel too!  We are so excited to have you in our family.  You have a puppy big sister, Molly, who will love and adore you.  She will snuggle with you and be your constant companion.  You also have a puppy big brother, Deuce, who will be a "boys" dog and play rough and tumble with you and teach you how to grow up as a tough little guy. 

We have been trying to narrow down a list of names for you.  I have a list of the ones I like, and Daddy has been working on his list.  Then we can compare lists and see if we have any names the same or if I have a name that Dad might like or if he thought of a name that I might like.  It's a slow process, but we have a little less than seventeen weeks hopefully before you arrive.  We have a car seat for you, and a crib that will convert into a big kid bed with you as you grow, and a couple little outfits.  This weeekend I am going to try to get the closet in what will be your room cleaned out or at least reorganized so we can put your stuff in it instead of Mommy's.  We are slowly getting ready and buying things so we have everything you need when you finally come!!

We love you, Little Man, and we can't wait to meet you!

Baby Boy and 20 week Ultrasound

Today was our full ultrasound to make sure baby has all his parts and is growing normally.  I had to drink 3 full glasses of water 45 minutes before the appointment.  This was super hard since I struggle to even drink three glasses in the whole day!!  But I did it and now the bathroom will be my best friend every thirty minutes or so for the next couple of hours!! 

The tech kept telling us over and over again how wiggly baby boy was being today!  His heartrate was 160, and she said based on the measurements she took today, he is 13 ounces.  He has both kidneys, four chambers in his heart, we saw his little stomach, his diaphragm, lots of parts of his brain, all of his arm and leg bones, and we even got to watch him yawn!!  I was impressed about how much information the tech knew about what she was looking at on the screen.  I was glad I had taken anatomy and physiology so I had an idea about what she was talking about too!!  (I guess that class DOES come in handy....)  Everything sounded good from what she was saying and from what I understood.  They take all these photos and measurements and send them to the radiologist on staff and then he sends the information he gathers from them on to our doctor who will discuss it more with us at our next appointment in April.  :)  It was good to see Baby Boy again, especially since he was moving around so much.  Seems like he is having a good time in there. 

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This is a pic of his fingers in a fist up by the top of his head!! 

It's a....................

Remember how at our appointment on Monday we tried to find out the gender of our little one but Baby wasn't cooperating?!!  Well, what I left out of the story was that our doctor is super awesome and told us to call on Wednesday after 11am when he thought he would be done with surgery and he would try to fit us in to try again!!!
YAY!! 

So on Wednesday Jake and I went back to his office, and he tried again to find out the gender of Baby Schritter.  This time he was able to see!!  We asked him to write down the results on a piece of paper and put it in an envelope and NOT to tell us what Baby is!  Then we gave this envelope to a friend of ours who baked and decorated a cake that was either blue or pink on the inside, but she was the only one that knew what color it was!!

So last night (Friday) we had some friends over (no family unfortunately because they all live almost 800 miles away) for a potluck and gender reveal party!!  We couldn't wait to cut the cake, so we cut it before we ate and the inside of the cake was................................

BLUE!!!  IT'S A BOY!!!  Well, 90% sure it's a boy, according to the doctor!!  We have an appt. on the 11th for the actual full ultrasound at the other office to verify, but 90% is good enough for me!! We are super excited and had a great time sharing the news with our friends here in Oregon!  My friend has better pictues of the cake I will post as soon as I get them from her.  She did a really great job!!